I first heard about Aphantasia a  bunch of years ago in a random news article and was fascinated so I immediately did the casual test for it. The test, if you don’t know about it, is to establish whether you can bring a mental picture of something to mind and what degree of clarity it might have if any. Here’s the gist of the casual test I did… Think about a red apple. Can you ‘see’ an image of an apple in your mind? You might close your eyes if it helps you to visualize. If you can hold an…

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